Awesome gothic bands. I don't know Draconian and have not listened to much Sentenced, I guess I oughta check them out. I noticed you've mostly stayed away from gothic metal bands with female vocalists..not a fan of those?

Awesome gothic bands. I don't know Draconian and have not listened to much Sentenced, I guess I oughta check them out. I noticed you've mostly stayed away from gothic metal bands with female vocalists..not a fan of those?

You're right, I don't listen to very many female fronted bands, not sure why that is, do you have any good recommendations?

fletch1492 wrote:

That's a lot of favorite albums! However, your tastes seem to line up a lot with mine, so I'll be checking a bunch of them out >.< I think I'll be busy for awhile...

You're probably not gonna remember my name after reading this, but howsoever my forum name = SoulcapI come here to learn more about Metal, to earn and give respect.

I live in belgium, 20 years old, got a job as truck driver and love American muscle cars; pickups; 18 wheelers and old timersIt is all Pretty recently that i am getting a feeling for Metal, Lets say i always listened to rock and punk rock"

...but i never really went to festivals...

I did listen/knew about some common metal bands as, Metallica; Slipknot; Disturbed. but I'm now trying to find my (sub-)genre of metal.So last week the first band i saw playing live [@Belgium, lokerse feesten] was 'Enter Shikari' a post-hardcore band, Right there i felt that first scream live.Started to search common bands, I got in touch with 'Bury Tomorrow; Memphis May Fire; ..

After looking up for scream bands it keeps with a 'metal and hardcore punk' combination.So hopefully true the encyclopaedia metallum, I'll find the genre that suits me well, and who knows i might one day also understand & enjoy The METAL.

Well, I suppose I should introduce myself.I've been using this website nearly a decade now, but only decided to log onto these forums recently.

Anyhow, I've just moved back to Canada with my wife after living 9 years in Japan. I do graphic design for money; and music, DJing, writing and journalism as my passion. I used to be active in the Japanese industrial and metal scenes as DJ, musician, and event organizer.I still have my solo dark ambient project Kanashibari, and used to do vocals in a death metal band called Deadly Sins (not on this site yet)

Awesome gothic bands. I don't know Draconian and have not listened to much Sentenced, I guess I oughta check them out. I noticed you've mostly stayed away from gothic metal bands with female vocalists..not a fan of those?

Well... he did choose Theatre of Tragedy and The Gathering? And more than two I wouldn't be able to call in the version of Gothic metal he defines with those titles. Other female fronted bands are on a completely different spectrum of music.Although I'm a bigger fan of 'Velvet Darkness They Fear' by Theatre of Tragedy.

Well... he did choose Theatre of Tragedy and The Gathering? And more than two I wouldn't be able to call in the version of Gothic metal he defines with those titles. Other female fronted bands are on a completely different spectrum of music.Although I'm a bigger fan of 'Velvet Darkness They Fear' by Theatre of Tragedy.

I like the first 3 Theatre of Tragedy albums though Aegis the most, after that though the rest of their discography is really mehhh.

Atropus wrote:

I just generally stay away from "gothic metal" in general, preferring straight gothic rock or darkwave.

Most of the bands he listed did have some good albums in their early years. I'm a huge fan of My Dying Bride and the first 5 Tiamat albums.

Yeah Tiamat really dropped off after A Deeper Kind of Slumber, what a shame, but still Wildhoney is in my opinion the best album the genre has produced.

Hey there, I'm Doug. I've been lurking this site for a long time, but I finally decided to sign up for the site.I like most subgenres of metal and some of my favorite bands are Motorhead, Slayer, Anaal Nathrakh, Black Dahlia Murder, Dissection, Carcass, and Death. I hope to contribute reviews and help with whatever needs helping on this site.

Hi, i've been looking for this site to a long time too but i decided to sign up after to be very disappointed by another Metal website.My favorite subgenres are Thrash, Doom, Hardcore, Experimental .Top 5 favorite bands: Voivod, Abstract Spirit, Raised Fist, Mr Bungle, Vektor.I hope to contribute and speak quietly on this site.

I'm not really keen on these introduction things, but anyway, here we go...

My favourite genre is death metal, particularly the old-school variety and I also listen to a lot of black/death and doom metal. I used to be heavily into thrash as well but not so much these days. Traditional metal still gets my penis hard as well, when executed well.

Hello. I'm Daemonivm and I don't know what to say, as usual. I'm mostly into Black, Death and 'Viking' metal. I guess my preferred bands are Hypocrisy, Bloodbath, Amon Amarth, Marduk and Darkthrone. I find The Metal Archives vital and its forum seems interesting. I've been laughing with some of your posts.

Hi, my name is Windom Earle and I am a fictional character in the American TV series Twin Peaks.

I was a former FBI agent, and the former partner and best friend of Agent Dale Cooper. I was featured in the second half of the second season. I am an evil genius and a master of disguise, well-versed in esoterica from all parts of the world. I have extensive knowledge of the "dugpas", ancient Tibetan sorcerers dedicated to pure evil.

Hail and well met, metal faithful! Call me Wilwyn. Although I've been listening to some variations of metal for some years now, I've never known very much about the genre other than the specific bands I've listened to. And the list is somewhat random: insane-asylum avante garde(Unexpect) to very proggy death(The Faceless) to almost straight up classical sounding stuff(Haggard). I would mention some metalcore too, but I don't want to be bludgeoned to death. I never knew metalcore was never actually metal til I came her. Actually, a number of bands I've listened to that I would've called metal apparently isn't metal here. Although, right now, I've been cutting back on a lot of metal lately, mostly focusing on symphonic/folksy stuff. I'm still waiting for someone to successfully mash Gregorian chant with metal.

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Wilwyn wrote:

Hail and well met, metal faithful! Call me Wilwyn. Although I've been listening to some variations of metal for some years now, I've never known very much about the genre other than the specific bands I've listened to. And the list is somewhat random: insane-asylum avante garde(Unexpect) to very proggy death(The Faceless) to almost straight up classical sounding stuff(Haggard). I would mention some metalcore too, but I don't want to be bludgeoned to death. I never knew metalcore was never actually metal til I came her. Actually, a number of bands I've listened to that I would've called metal apparently isn't metal here. Although, right now, I've been cutting back on a lot of metal lately, mostly focusing on symphonic/folksy stuff. I'm still waiting for someone to successfully mash Gregorian chant with metal.

Hello there. Which bands would not be metal under this sites definition? I won't chew you out . Also, metalcore is a fusion genre, so some bands are more metal, some more core. Bullet for my valentine, Atreyu, Asking Alexandria would fall more on the core side, and Shadows Fall and Unearth would fall more on the metal side, hence the last two are included here.

Hi name's Nephilim96. I post on a few other Metal forums, and I'd like to start posting here too.

My taste in metal is pretty eclectic, as I like Black, Death, Doom, Thrash, and some "traditional" stuff. I also like some ambient, electronic, and classical music. I like to watch hockey and football when I'm not listening to music.

Metal-Archives has been my main source of metal information, news, and entertainment for a while now. I figured I would enjoy posting and maybe writing some reviews too.

Lately I've been really into Darkthrone, Inquisition, Abigail and Syphilitic Vaginas. While I particularly love black metal, most things with d-beats and combinations thereof, I'd say most of the metal sub-genres are pretty appealing to me. I'm currently listening to Adrenaline O.D. - Trans Am (The Saga Continues).

Hail and well met, metal faithful! Call me Wilwyn. Although I've been listening to some variations of metal for some years now, I've never known very much about the genre other than the specific bands I've listened to. And the list is somewhat random: insane-asylum avante garde(Unexpect) to very proggy death(The Faceless) to almost straight up classical sounding stuff(Haggard). I would mention some metalcore too, but I don't want to be bludgeoned to death. I never knew metalcore was never actually metal til I came her. Actually, a number of bands I've listened to that I would've called metal apparently isn't metal here. Although, right now, I've been cutting back on a lot of metal lately, mostly focusing on symphonic/folksy stuff. I'm still waiting for someone to successfully mash Gregorian chant with metal.

Hello there. Which bands would not be metal under this sites definition? I won't chew you out . Also, metalcore is a fusion genre, so some bands are more metal, some more core. Bullet for my valentine, Atreyu, Asking Alexandria would fall more on the core side, and Shadows Fall and Unearth would fall more on the metal side, hence the last two are included here.

I wouldn't even say Bullet for my valentine, Atreyu, and Asking Alexandria are even Metalcore, to me the true CORE side of the genre would be bands like Integrity, Earth Crisis, Deadguy, Starkweather, Unbroken, Converge etc. I bet if the genre stayed in the direction of those bands it wouldn't be so hated today.

Hi, my name is Eric. I've been a metalhead since the mid-eighties. I play drums and guitar. I'm into all kinds of music but my favorite metal genres are classic, death, black and some thrash. I refer to this site often for reviews and such. Nice to be here and take part in discussion. My solo project has an entry here (not submitted by me) which is pretty cool. http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Hell_of_All_Hells/113724. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

I hope the "mallcore kid" title doesn't last too long.

Hails

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Hi folks. Used to be active as a trader under the name of Orthodox Caveman. For some reason that account does not work anymore, so I decided to make a new one. It probably works still, but I couldn't be arsed to find out how or why.

I'm very big on sludge/stoner/doom/black/americana/noise/ambient/blues/jazz and well, pretty much a big variety of genres. Also a big enjoyer of horror/gore/arthouse films. Active in music when it comes to organising gigs.